Publications

2026

McKay, L.; Zhang, I.; Suh, I.; Bohle, S.; Kakkar, A.; Maysinger, D. "Aggregation induced emission active seminaphthofluoresceins: A new class of xanthene luminogens for bioimaging", Nanoscale, 2026, 18, 3194-3208, .

2025

Yousefi Adlsadabad, S.; Theberge-Julien, G.; Gutierrez, F.F.P.; Medina, R.B.; Mercado, X.M.; Rhéaume, E.; Tardif, J-C.; Kakkar, A. "Unraveling Lyophilization and Redispersion Effects on Miktoarm Polymer-Based Nanoformulations", Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2025, 26, 10015.

McKay, L.; Joma, N.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A. "Soft Nanoparticles Incorporating a Benzo[c]xanthene Fluorophore: Facile Synthesis and Ratiometric pH Sensing", Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2025, 13, 11790 - 11808. Part of 2025 Journal of Materials Chemistry B Most Popular Articles, ;

Kakkar, A. "Miktoarm polymers: past, present and future", Nanomedicine, 2025, 1-3, DOI: 10.1080/17435889.2025.2510195.

Maia, M.V.; Egito, E.S.T.d.; Sapin-Minet, A.; Viana, D.B.; Kakkar, A.; Soares, D.C.F. "Fibroin-Hybrid Systems: Current Advances in Biomedical Applications", Molecules, 2025, 30, 328. Special Issue: Featured Reviews in Nanochemistry.

Singh, R.; Long, F.R.; Saini, A.; Joma, N.; Basu, A.; Mahmoudi, M.; Vali, H.; Kakkar, A. “Nano-bio interactions and drug delivery using soft nanoparticles: A new paradigm in pharmaceutical cargo release”, RSC Pharmaceutics, 2025, 2, 44-58.

2024

Ghaffari-Bohlouli, P.; Jafari, H.; Nie, L.; Kakkar, A.; Shavandi, A. “Enzymes in Addressing Hypoxia for Biomaterials Engineering”, Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2024, 13(30), 2401713.

Yong, H.W.; Seyed, M.A.O.; Theberge-Julien, G.; Castellanos, L.S.R.; Tebbji, F.; van de Ven, T.; Sellam, A.; Rhéaume, E.; Tardif, J-C.; Kakkar, A. "Soft nanoparticles as antimicrobial agents and carriers of microbiocides for enhanced inhibition activity",

Soft nanoparticles as antimicrobial agents and carriers of microbiocides for enhanced inhibition activity

Baghbanbashi, M.; Shiran, H.S.; Kakkar, A.; Pazuki, G.; Ristroph, K. “Recent Advances in Drug Delivery Applications of Aqueous Two Phase Systems”, .

Joma, N.; Bielawski, P-B.; Saini, A.; Kakkar, A.; Maysinger, D. "Nanocarriers for natural polyphenol senotherapeutics", .

Yousefi Adlsadabad, S.; Hanrahan, J.W.; Kakkar, A. "mRNA Delivery: Challenges and Advances through Polymeric Soft Nanoparticles", .

Ghaffari-Bohlouli, P.; Jafari, H.; Okoro, O.V.; Alimoradi, H.; Nie, L.; Jiang, G.; Kakkar, A.; Shavandi, A. “Gas Therapy: Generating, Delivery, and Biomedical Applications”, .

Koshani, R.; Nia, M.H.; Ataie, Z.; Wang, Y.; Kakkar, A.; van de Ven, T. "Multifunctional self-healing hydrogels via nanoengineering of colloidal and polymeric cellulose", .

2023

Joma, N.; Zhang, I.; Righetto, G.L.; McKay, L.; Gran, E.R.; Kakkar, A.; Maysinger, D. "Flavonoids Regulate Redox-Responsive Transcription Factors in Glioblastoma and Microglia." .

Flavonoids Regulate Redox-Responsive Transcription Factors in Glioblastoma and Microglia

Yong, H.W.; Ferron, M.; Mecteau, M.; Mihalache-Avram, T.; Lévesque, S.; Rhéaume, E.; Tardif, J-C.; Kakkar, A. " Single functional group platform for multi-stimuli responsivities: Tertiary amine for CO2/pH/ROS-triggered cargo release in nanocarriers", .

Tertiary amine for CO2/pH/ROS-triggered cargo release in nanocarriers

Chu, S.; Joma, N.; Yong, H.W.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A.; Stochaj, U. “Curcumin and butyrate induce fibroblast senescence without the emergence of fibrosis biomarkers”, .

2022

Wang, Y-C.; Théberge-Julien, G.; Tardif, J-C.; Rhéaume, E.; Lesage, F.; Kakkar, A. “Multifaceted ligand design facilitates chemical- or peptide-mediated linking of hollow gold nanoshells with tuned interparticle distance, interference and cytotoxicities”, .

Baghbanbashi, M.; Yong, H.W.; Zhang, I.; Lotocki, V.; Yuan, Z.; Pazuki, G.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A. “Stimuli-responsive miktoarm polymer-based formulations for fisetin delivery and regulatory effects in hyperactive human microglia”, , Hot Topic: Drug Delivery:

Baghbanbashi, M.; Kakkar, A. "Polymersomes: Soft nanoparticles from miktoarm stars for applications in drug delivery", . Invited Review Article for the special issue, “”.

Grzelczyk, J.; Fiurasek, P.; Kakkar, A.; Budryn, G. "Evaluation of the thermal stability of bioactive compounds in coffee beans and their fractions modified in the roasting process”, .

Yong, H.W.; Kakkar, A. “The Unexplored Potential of Gas-responsive Polymers in Drug Delivery: Progress, Challenges and Outlook”, . Invited Mini-review article for the Special Issue: Excellence in Early Career Research (2021)

2021

Gran, E.R.; Lotocki, V.; Zhang, Q.; Kakkar, A.; Maysinger, D. “Human astrocytes and astrocytoma respond differently to resveratrol”, .

Yong, H.W.; Kakkar, A. “Nanoengineering branched star polymers-based formulations: Scope, strategies and advances”, . Invited Review Article.

Lotocki, V.; Yazdani, H.; Zhang, Q.; Gran, E.R.; Nyrko, A.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A. “Miktoarm polymers with environment-selective ROS/GSH responsive locations: From modular synthesis to tuned drug release through micellar partial corona shedding and/or core disassembly”, . Featured on the cover of .

2020

Maysinger, D.; Zhang, Q.; Kakkar, A. “Dendrimers as modulators of brain cells”, . Feature Article, Special Issue: "Dendrimers in Medicine: Theme Issue Honoring Professor Jean-Pierre Majoral on His 80th Birthday”.

Sabourian, P.; Yazdani, G.; Ashraf, S.S.; Frounchi, M.; Mashayekhan, S.; Kiani, S.; Kakkar, A. “Effect of physico-chemical properties of nanoparticles on their intracellular uptake”, . Special Issue: “Nanoparticles Based on Smart Polymers for Biomedical Applications”.

Effect of physico-chemical properties of nanoparticles on their intracellular uptake

Lotocki, V.; Kakkar, A. “Miktoarm star polymers: Branched architectures in drug delivery”, . Special Issue: “Smart Polymeric Nanocarriers for Drug and Gene Delivery”.

Mejlsøe, S.; Kakkar, A. “Telodendrimers: Promising architectural polymers for applications in biology”, . Feature Article, Special Issue: "Dendrimers in Medicine: Theme Issue Honoring Professor Jean-Pierre Majoral on His 80th Birthday”.

Moeini, M.; Cloutier-Tremblay, C. ; Lu, X.; Kakkar, A.; Lesage, F. “Cerebral tissue pO2 response to treadmill exercise in awake mice”, .

Sabourian, P.; Ji, J.; Lotocki, V.; Moquin, A.; Hanna, R.; Frounchi, M.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A. “Facile design of autogenous stimuli-responsive chitosan/hyaluronic acid nanoparticles for efficient small molecules to protein delivery,” .

Facile design of autogenous stimuli-responsive chitosan/hyaluronic acid nanoparticles for efficient small molecules to protein delivery

Yazdani, H.; Kaul, E.; Bazgir, A.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A. “Telodendrimer based drug design using 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition for applications in biology", . Invited feature article for the special issue “Dendrimers in Biomedicine”.

Sabourian, P.; Tavakolian, M.; Yazdani, H.; Frounchi, M.; van de Ven, T.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A.K., “Stimuli responsive chitosan as an advantageous platform for efficient delivery of bioactive agents”, .

Stimuli responsive chitosan as an advantageous platform for efficient delivery of bioactive agents

Book Chapters and Refereed Proceedings

Mejlsøe, S.L.; Kakkar, A., “N-Heterocyclic Dendrimers: Hyperbranched Frameworks Containing Triazole, Triazine, Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Ring Structures”, in , Book Series: Monographs in Supramolecular Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2020, Chapter 7, 183-229. .
Sharma, A.; Sharma, R.; Abouelmagd, A.; Kakkar, A., “Synthetic Articulation of Miktoarm Polymers for Applications in Biology”, in , Polymer Chemistry Series No. 25, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2017, Chapter 6, 150-180.
Pasco, M.; Kakkar, A.K., “Understanding the Role of Solvent in Crystalline Morphology Selection of Carbamazepine”, The Proceedings of the Fundamental and Applied Pulp and Paper Modelling Symposium (FAPPMS), 2011, 55-59
Hourani, R.; Whitehead, M.A.; Kakkar, A.K. “Understanding Dendrimer Architecture Using a Combined Experimental and Theoretical Approach”, Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering, 2007, 97, 97.

Publications by year

2026

2025

McKay, L.; Joma, N.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A. "Soft Nanoparticles Incorporating a Benzo[c]xanthene Fluorophore: Facile Synthesis and Ratiometric pH Sensing", Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2025, 13, 11790 - 11808.Part of 2025 Journal of Materials Chemistry B Most Popular Articles,

Kakkar, A. "Miktoarm polymers: past, present and future", Nanomedicine, 2025, 1-3, DOI: 10.1080/17435889.2025.2510195.

2024

Ghaffari-Bohlouli, P.; Jafari, H.; Nie, L.; Kakkar, A.; Shavandi, A. “Enzymes in Addressing Hypoxia for Biomaterials Engineering”, Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2024, 13(30), 2401713.

Baghbanbashi, M.; Shiran, H.S.; Kakkar, A.; Pazuki, G.; Ristroph, K. “Recent Advances in Drug Delivery Applications of Aqueous Two Phase Systems”, .

Joma, N.; Bielawski, P-B.; Saini, A.; Kakkar, A.; Maysinger, D. "Nanocarriers for natural polyphenol senotherapeutics", .

Yousefi Adlsadabad, S.; Hanrahan, J.W.; Kakkar, A. "mRNA Delivery: Challenges and Advances through Polymeric Soft Nanoparticles", .

Ghaffari-Bohlouli, P.; Jafari, H.; Okoro, O.V.; Alimoradi, H.; Nie, L.; Jiang, G.; Kakkar, A.; Shavandi, A. “Gas Therapy: Generating, Delivery, and Biomedical Applications”, .

Koshani, R.; Nia, M.H.; Ataie, Z.; Wang, Y.; Kakkar, A.; van de Ven, T. "Multifunctional self-healing hydrogels via nanoengineering of colloidal and polymeric cellulose", .

2023

Joma, N.; Zhang, I.; Righetto, G.L.; McKay, L.; Gran, E.R.; Kakkar, A.; Maysinger, D. "Flavonoids Regulate Redox-Responsive Transcription Factors in Glioblastoma and Microglia." .

Chu, S.; Joma, N.; Yong, H.W.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A.; Stochaj, U. “Curcumin and butyrate induce fibroblast senescence without the emergence of fibrosis biomarkers”,

2022

Baghbanbashi, M.; Kakkar, A. "Polymersomes: Soft nanoparticles from miktoarm stars for applications in drug delivery", . Invited Review Article for the special issue, “Tiny things, huge impact: Nanomedicine in Canada”.

Grzelczyk, J.; Fiurasek, P.; Kakkar, A.; Budryn, G. "Evaluation of the thermal stability of bioactive compounds in coffee beans and their fractions modified in the roasting process”, .

2021

Gran, E.R.; Lotocki, V.; Zhang, Q.; Kakkar, A.; Maysinger, D. “Human astrocytes and astrocytoma respond differently to resveratrol”, .

Yong, H.W.; Kakkar, A. “Nanoengineering branched star polymers-based formulations: Scope, strategies and advances”, . Invited Review Article.

2020

Lotocki, V.; Kakkar, A. “Miktoarm star polymers: Branched architectures in drug delivery”, . Special Issue: “Smart Polymeric Nanocarriers for Drug and Gene Delivery”.

Moeini, M.; Cloutier-Tremblay, C. ; Lu, X.; Kakkar, A.; Lesage, F. “Cerebral tissue pO2 response to treadmill exercise in awake mice”, .

2019

Moquin, A.; Sturn, J.; Zhang, I.; Ji, J.; von Celsing, R.; Vali, H.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., “Unraveling aqueous self-assembly of telodendrimers to shed light on their efficacy in drug encapsulation”, .

Moquin, A.; Hanna, R.; Liang, T.; Erguven, H.; Gran, E.R.; Arndtsen, B.A.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., “PEG-conjugated pyrrole-based polymers: One-pot multicomponent synthesis and self-assembly into soft nanoparticles for drug delivery”, .

Moeini, M.; Lu, X.; Bélanger, S.;Picard, F.; Boas, D.; Kakkar, A.; Lesage, F., “Cerebral tissue pO2 response to stimulation is preserved with age in awake mice”, .

Tavakolian, M.; Lerner, J.; Medina, F.; Frances, J.; van de Ven, T.G.M.; Kakkar, A., “Dendrimer directed assembly of dicarboxylated hairy nanocellulose”, .

2018

Sheikhi, A.; Li, N.; Mejlsoe, S.; Bomal, Enzo; van de Ven, T.G.M.; Kakkar, A., “Rational design of molecularly engineered biomimetic threshold scale inhibitors,” .

Wang, Y-C.; Rhéaume, E.; Lesage, F.; Kakkar, A. “Synthetic methodologies to gold nanoshells: An overview”, .

Sheikhi, A.; Mejlsoe, S.;Li, N.; Bomal, E.; van de Ven, T.G.M.; Kakkar, A., “Biomimetic dendrimers for mineralization: Rare fibrous amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) and branch-and-bud ACC-vaterite polymorphs,” .

Sheikhi, A., Olsson, A., Tufenkji, N., Kakkar, A., van de Ven, T.G.M., “Overcoming interfacial scaling using engineered nanocelluloses: A QCM-D study”, .

Moeini, M.; Lu, X.; Avti, P.K.;Damseh, R.; Bélanger, S.;Picard, F.; Sakadzic, S.; Boas, D.; Kakkar, A.; Lesage, F., “Compromised microvascular oxygen delivery increases brain tissue vulnerability with age,” .

Sheikhi, A., Kakkar, A., van de Ven, T.G.M., “Nanoengineering colloidal and polymeric celluloses for threshold scale inhibition: towards universal biomass-based crystal modification,” .

Sheikhi, A., Kakkar, A., van de Ven, T.G.M., “Biomimetic scale-resistant polymer nanocomposites: Towards universal additive-free scale inhibition”, .

2017

Kakkar, A.; Traverso, G.; Farokhzad, O.; Weissleder, R.; Langer, R. “Evolution of macromolecular complexity in drug delivery”, .

Choi, J.; Moquin, A.; Bomal, E.; Li Na; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., “Telodendrimers for physical encapsulation and covalent linking of individual or combined therapeutics,” . Invited Article for Special Issue: “Polymers in Drug Delivery: Chemistry and Applications”.

Moeini, M.; Lu, X.; Lam, T.; Belanger, S.; Kakkar, A.; Lesage, F. “Brain tissue oxygenation changes with age in awake mice”, .

Ladd, E.; Sheikhi, A.; Li, N.; van de Ven, T.G.M.; Kakkar, A., “Design and synthesis of dendrimers with facile surface group functionalization, and an evaluation of their bactericidal efficacy,” . Special issue: Dendrimers: A themed issue in honor of Professor Donald A. Tomalia on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

Pouliot, P.; Gagnon, L.; Lam, T.; Avti, P.; Bowen, C.; Desjardins, M.; Kakkar, A.K.; Thorin, E.; Sakadzic, S.; Boas, D.; Lesage, F., “Magnetic resonance fingerprinting based on realistic vasculature in mice”, .

2016

Lam, T.; Avti, P.K.; Pouliot, P.; Tardif, J-C.; Rhéaume, É.; Lesage, F.; Kakkar, A., “Surface engineering of SPIONs: Role of phosphonate ligand multivalency in tailoring their efficacy,” .

Sheikhi, A.; Kakkar, A.; van de Ven, T.G.M., “A leaf out of nature’s book: Bio-inspired mineralization using hairy cellulose nanocrystalloids”, .

Lam, T.; Avti, P.K.; Pouliot, P.; Maafi, F.; Tardif, J-C.; Rhéaume, É.; Lesage, F.; Kakkar, A., “Fabricating water dispersible superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications through ligand exchange or direct conjugation,” .

Lam, T.; Avti, P.K.; Pouliot, P.; Tardif, J-C.; Rhéaume, É.; Lesage, F.; Kakkar, A., “Magnetic resonance imaging/fluorescence dual modality protocol using designed phosphonate ligands coupled to superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles,” .

Sheikhi, A.; Na Li; van de Ven, T.; Kakkar, A., “Macromolecule based platform for developing tailor made formulations for scale Inhibition”, . Critical Review.

2015

Sharma, A.; Kakkar, A., “Designing multi-tasking nanocarriers for efficient medical therapy”, . Invited Feature Article for the Special Issue: “Nanomedicine”, Ed. Dr. Didier Astruc.

Sharma, A.; Moquin, A.; Cui, Y.; Lau, A.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., “Asymmetric AB3 miktoarm star polymers: Synthesis, self-assembly and study of micelle stability using AF4 for efficient & sustained drug delivery”, .

Bedard, M.; Avti, P.K.; Lam, T.; Rouleau, L.; Tardif, J-C.; Rhéaume, E.; Lesage, F.; Kakkar, A., “Conjugation of multivalent ligands to Gold nanoshells and designing a dual modality imaging probe”, .

2014

Sharma, A.; Mejía, D.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., "Design and synthesis of multifunctional traceable dendrimers for visualizing drug delivery", .

Soliman, G. M.; Redon, R.; Sharma, A.; Mejía, D.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., "Miktoarm star polymer based multifunctional traceable nanocarriers for efficient delivery of poorly water soluble pharmacological agents", .

Soliman, G.M.; Sharma, A.; Cui, Y.; Sharma, R.; Kakkar, A.; Maysinger, D., “Miktoarm Star Micelles Containing Curcumin Reduce Cell Viability of Sensitized Glioblastoma,”

2013

Avti, P. K.; Kakkar, A., "Dendrimers as anti-inflammatory agents", .

Avti, P. K.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., "Alkyne-azide "click" chemistry in designing nanocarriers for applications in biology", .

Lam, T.; Pouliot, P.; Avti, P. K.; Lesage, F.; Kakkar, A. K., "Superparamagnetic iron oxide based nanoprobes for imaging and theranostics", .

Neibert, K.; Gosein, V.; Sharma, A.; Khan, M.; Whitehead, M. A.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., ""Click" dendrimers as anti-inflammatory agents: With insights into their binding from molecular modeling studies", .

Ng, V. W. K.; Berti, R.; Lesage, F.; Kakkar, A., "Gold: A versatile tool for in vivo imaging", .

2012

Castonguay, A.; Ladd, E.; Van De Ven, T. G. M.; Kakkar, A., "Dendrimers as bactericides", .

Sharma, A.; Soliman, G. M.; Al-Hajaj, N.; Sharma, R.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., "Design and evaluation of multifunctional nanocarriers for selective delivery of coenzyme Q10 to mitochondria", .

2011

Castonguay, A.; Wilson, E.; Al-Hajaj, N.; Petitjean, L.; Paoletti, J.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., "Thermosensitive dendrimer formulation for drug delivery at physiologically relevant temperatures", .

Sharma, A.; Khatchadourian, A.; Khanna, K.; Sharma, R.; Kakkar, A.; Maysinger, D., "Multivalent niacin nanoconjugates for delivery to cytoplasmic lipid droplets", .

Sharma, A.; Neibert, K.; Sharma, R.; Hourani, R.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., "Facile construction of multifunctional nanocarriers using sequential click chemistry for applications in biology", .

Soliman, G. M.; Sharma, A.; Maysinger, D.; Kakkar, A., "Dendrimers and miktoarm polymers based multivalent nanocarriers for efficient and targeted drug delivery", .

2010

Castonguay, A., & Kakkar, A. K. "Dendrimer templated construction of silver nanoparticles", .

Franc, G., & Kakkar, A. K., "Click" methodologies: Efficient, simple and greener routes to design dendrimers", , .

Franc, G., & Kakkar, A. K.. "Metallodendrimers: Photophysical properties and related applications", In

Hourani, R., Jain, M., Maysinger, D., & Kakkar, A., "Multi-tasking with single platform dendrimers for targeting sub-cellular microenvironments", .

Hourani, R., & Kakkar, A., "Advances in the elegance of chemistry in designing dendrimers", .

Hourani, R., Sharma, A., & Kakkar, A., "Designing dendritic frameworks using versatile building blocks suitable for CuI-catalyzed alkyne azide 'click' chemistry", .

Khanna, K., Varshney, S., & Kakkar, A., "Designing miktoarm polymers using a combination of "click" reactions in sequence with ring-opening polymerization", .

Khanna, K., Varshney, S., & Kakkar, A., "Miktoarm star polymers: Advances in synthesis, self-assembly, and applications", .

Soliman, G. M., Sharma, R., Choi, A. O., Varshney, S. K., Winnik, F. M., Kakkar, A. K., & Maysinger, D., "Tailoring the efficacy of nimodipine drug delivery using nanocarriers based on A2B miktoarm star polymers", .

Vieyres, A., Lam, T., Gillet, R., Franc, G., Castonguay, A., & Kakkar, A., "Combined CuI-catalysed alkyne-azide cycloaddition and furan-maleimide diels-alder "click" chemistry approach to thermoresponsive dendrimers", .

2009

Franc, G., & Kakkar, A. K. (2009). Diels-alder "click" chemistry in designing dendritic macromolecules. Chemistry - A European Journal, 15(23), 5630-5639.

Sutton, A. M. Y., Franc, G., & Kakkar, A. (2009). Silver metal nanoparticles: Facile dendrimer-assisted size-controlled synthesis and selective catalytic reduction of chloronitrobenzenes. Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 47(18), 4482-4493.

2008

Franc, G., & Kakkar, A. (2008). Dendrimer design using CuI-catalyzed alkyne-azide "click-chemistry". Chemical Communications, (42), 5267-5276.

Hourani, R., Whitehead, M. A., & Kakkar, A. (2008). Turbine shape organotin dendrimers: Photophysical properties and direct replacement of sn with pt. Macromolecules, 41(3), 508-510.

Liu, X., & Kakkar, A. (2008). Tailoring silver nanoparticle construction using dendrimer templated silica networks. Nanotechnology, 19(24)

Quist, F., Mooney, J., & Kakkar, A. K. (2008). Self-assembled monolayers: Solidification of carbamazepine in form II at an interface. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 62(2), 319-323.

Vassilieff, T., & Kakkar, A. (2008). Dumbbell-shaped dendrimers - synthesis and self-assembly. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 86(6), 540-547

Vassilieff, T., Sutton, A., & Kakkar, A. K. (2008). Shape control in silver metal nanoparticle construction using dumb-bell dendrimers. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 18(34), 4031-4033.

2007

Czerniewski, A. A., Liu, X. J., Rolland, O., Hourani, R., Four, M., & Kakkar, A. (2007). Templating silica network construction using 3,5-dihydroxybenzylalcohol based dendrimers: Influence of dendrimer aggregation on evolving network structure. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 17(26), 2737-2745.

Hourani, R., Kakkar, A., & Whitehead, M. A. (2007). Theoretical investigation of 3,5-dihydroxybenzylalcohol based dendrimer generations 1-5 using molecular mechanics (MM+) method and the PM3 semi-empirical molecular orbital theory. Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, 807(1-3), 101-107.

Quist, F., & Kakkar, A. (2007). Self-assembled monolayers: Influence of complementarity between chemisorbed and crystallizing molecules in polymorph selection. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 313(1), 378-382.

2006

Vassilieff, T., Quist, F., & Kakkar, A. (2006). Influence of interfacial features in the supramolecular assembly of 3,5-dihydroxybenzylalcohol based dendrimers on Si/SiO2 surfaces. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 297(2), 455-464.

2005

Dickie, A. J., Kakkar, A. K., & Whitehead, M. A. (2005). Theoretical calculation of self-assembled alkynyl thin films. Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, 723(1-3), 111-122.

Hourani, R., Kakkar, A., & Whitehead, M. A. (2005). 3,5-dihydroxybenzylalcohol based dendrimers: Structure evaluation and molecular encapsulation in generations 1-5. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 15(21), 2106-2113.

2004

Dickie, A. J., Quist, F., Whitehead, M. A., & Kakkar, A. K. (2004). Templated crystallization of octadecanol on patterned nanoassemblies. Langmuir, 20(11), 4315-4317.

Beurrier, O., & Kakkar, A. K. (2004). Metallodendritic materials for heterogenized homogeneous catalysis. Paper presented at the Macromolecular Symposia, , 209 97-118.

Bourrier, O., Butlin, J., Hourani, R., & Kakkar, A. K. (2004). Aggregation of 3,5-dihydroxybenzyl alcohol based dendrimers and hyperbranched polymers, and encapsulation of DR1 in such dendritic aggregates. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 357(13), 3836-3846.

2003

Bourrier, O., & Kakkar, A. K. (2003). Dendritic polymers containing a dimethylsilyl linked dihydroxybenzyl alcohol backbone: Divergent synthesis, aggregation, functionalization, and an evaluation of their applications in catalysis. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 13(6), 1306-1315.

Dickie, A. J., Kakkar, A. K., & Whitehead, M. A. (2003). Molecular modelling of self-assembled alkynyl monolayer structures - unnatural symmetry units, surface bonding, and topochemical polymerization. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 81(11), 1228-1240.

Kakkar, A. K. (2003). Dendritic polymers: From efficient catalysis to drug delivery. Macromolecular Symposia, 196, 145-154.

2002

Dasgupta, M., Peori, M. B., & Kakkar, A. K. (2002). Designing dendritic polymers containing phosphorus donor ligands and their corresponding transition metal complexes. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 233-234, 223-235.

Dickie, A. J., Kakkar, A. K., & Whitehead, M. A. (2002). Molecular modeling of self-assembled alkynyl thin films: Elucidation of monolayer structure from small, calculated symmetry units. Langmuir, 18(15), 5657-5660.

Kakkar, A. K. (2002). Nano-organometallics: Heterogenizing homogeneous catalysts via thin film methodology. Chemical Reviews, 102(10), 3579-3588.

Peori, M. B., & Kakkar, A. K. (2002). Specific complexation modes of tripodal polyphosphorus ligands with rhodium: Generating multimetallic compounds of controlled structure via simple ordination chemistry. Organometallics, 21(19), 3860-3866.

Yam, C. M., Dickie, A. J., & Kakkar, A. K. (2002). Fabrication of self-assembled mono- and multilayered thin films via step-by-step deposition of sn(NEt2)4 and dialkyne terminated chromophores on silica based surfaces. Langmuir, 18(22), 8481-8487.

2001

Chaumel, F., Jiang, H., & Kakkar, A. (2001). Sol-gel materials for second-order nonlinear optics. Chemistry of Materials, 13(10), 3389-3395.

1999

Jiang, H., & Kakkar, A. K. (1999). An alternative route based on acid-base hydrolytic chemistry to NLO active organic-inorganic hybrid materials for second-order nonlinear optics. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 121(15), 3657-3665.

Petrucci, M. G. L., Fenwick, D., & Kakkar, A. K. (1999). A new catalytic hybrid material from simple acid-base hydrolytic chemistry. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 146(1-2), 309-315.

Petrucci, M. G. L., & Kakkar, A. K. (1999). Heterogenizing homogeneous catalysis using molecular self-assembly of long alkane chain phosphines bound to rh(I) complexes. Chemistry of Materials, 11(2), 269-276.

Petrucci-Samija, M., Guillemette, V., Dasgupta, M., & Kakkar, A. K. (1999). A new divergent route to the synthesis of organophosphine and metallodendrimers via simple acid-base hydrolytic chemistry [8]. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 121(9), 1968-1969.

Petrucci-Samija, M., Guillemette, V., Dasgupta, M., & Kakkar, A. K. (1999). Erratum: A new divergent route to the synthesis of organophosphine and metallodendrimers via simple acidbase hydrolytic chemistry (journal of the american chemical society (1999) 121:9 (1968-1969)). Journal of the American Chemical Society, 121(13), 3248.

Westcott, S. A., Kakkar, A. K., Taylor, N. J., Roe, D. C., & Marder, T. B. (1999). Synthesis, structure, and solution dynamics of indenyl rhodium complexes containing bulky phosphine ligands. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 77(2), 205-215.

Yam, C. M., & Kakkar, A. K. (1999). Molecular self-assembly of dihydroxy-terminated molecules via acid-base hydrolytic chemistry on silica surfaces: Step-by-step multilayered thin film construction. Langmuir, 15(11), 3807-3815.

1998

Jiang, H., & Kakkar, A. K. (1998). From simple acid-base hydrolytic chemistry to soluble high tg inorganic-organic hybrid materials with large and stable second-order nonlinear optical susceptibilities. Advanced Materials, 10(14), 1093-1097.

Jiang, H., & Kakkar, A. K. (1998). Functionalized siloxane-linked polymers for second-order nonlinear optics. Macromolecules, 31(8), 2501-2508.

Jiang, H., & Kakkar, A. K. (1998). Soluble high-tg polymers for second-order nonlinear optics from an unusual mix of imide and siloxane linkages in the backbone. Macromolecules, 31(13), 4170-4176.

Lesley, M. J. G., Woodward, A., Taylor, N. J., Marder, T. B., Cazenobe, I., Ledoux, I., . . . Kakkar, A. K. (1998). Lewis acidic borane adducts of pyridines and stilbazoles for nonlinear optics. Chemistry of Materials, 10(5), 1355-1365.

Petrucci, M. G. L., & Kakkar, A. K. (1998). Acid-base hydrolytic chemistry route to thin films containing terminal donor ligands and organometallic complexes for heterogenization of metal complex catalysis. Organometallics, 17(9), 1798-1811.

Petrucci, M. G. L., Lebuis, A. -., & Kakkar, A. K. (1998). Rhodium(I) mixed CO/phosphine/amine complexes: Synthesis, structure, and reactivity. Organometallics, 17(23), 4966-4975.

Yam, C. M., Dickie, A., Malkhasian, A., Kakkar, A. K., & Whitehead, M. A. (1998). Molecular self-assembly of rigid-rod alkynyl chromophores on inorganic oxide surfaces. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 76(11), 1766-1778.

Yam, C. M., Tong, S. S. Y., & Kakkar, A. K. (1998). Simple acid-base hydrolytic chemistry approach to molecular self-assembly: Thin films of long chain alcohols terminated with alkyl, phenyl, and acetylene groups on inorganic oxides surfaces. Langmuir, 14(24), 6941-6947.

1996

Roscoe, S. B., Kakkar, A. K., Marks, T. J., Malik, A., Durbin, M. K., Lin, W., . . . Dutta, P. (1996). Self-assembled chromophoric NLO-active monolayers. X-ray reflectivity and second-harmonic generation as complementary probes of building block-film microstructure relationships. Langmuir, 12(17), 4218-4223.

Bunten, K. A., & Kakkar, A. K. (1996). Synthesis, optical absorption, fluorescence, quantum efficiency, and electrical conductivity studies of pyridine/pyridinium dialkynyl organic and pt(II)-σ-acetylide monomers and polymers. Macromolecules, 29(8), 2885-2893.

Jiang, H., Kakkar, A. K., Lebuis, A. -., Zhou, H., & Wong, G. K. (1996). Simple acid-base hydrolytic chemistry approach to new materials for second-order non-linear optics. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 6(6), 1075-1077.

Markwell, R. D., Butler, I. S., Kakkar, A. K., Khan, M. S., Al-Zakwani, Z. H., & Lewis, J. (1996). Vibrational spectroscopic investigation of rigid-rod platinum σ-acetylide polymers containing variable acetylenic microstructures. Organometallics, 15(9), 2331-2337.

Roscoe, S. B., Yitzchaik, S., Kakkar, A. K., Marks, T. J., Xu, Z., Zhang, T., . . . Wong, G. K. (1996). Self-assembled chromophoric NLO-active structures. second-harmonic generation and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic studies of nucleophilic substitution and ion exchange processes on benzyl halide-functionalized surfaces. Langmuir, 12(22), 5338-5349.

1995

Bunten, K. A., & Kakkar, A. K. (1995). Synthesis of pyridine/pyridinium-based alkynyl monomers, oligomers and polymers: Enhancing conjugation by pyridine N-quaternization. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 5(11), 2041-2043.

Hodge, A. J., Ingham, S. L., Kakkar, A. K., Khan, M. S., Lewis, J., Long, N. J., . . . Raithby, P. R. (1995). Donor-acceptor-based vinylidene and σ-acetylide complexes of ruthenium and osmium. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 488(1-2), 205-210.

Kakkar, A. K., & Khan, M. S. (1995). 7. vanadium 1990. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 146, 203-210.

Petrucci, M. G. L., & Kakkar, A. K. (1995). A convenient molecular self-assembly route to thin films containing terminal donor ligands and anchored organotransition-metal complexes for heterogenized homogeneous catalysis. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (15), 1577-1578.

Yam, C. M., & Kakkar, A. K. (1995). A novel route to efficient inorganic oxide surface modifications: Molecularly self-assembled linear and conjugated alkynyl thin film materials. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (8), 907-909.

1994

Kakkar, A. K., Yitzchaik, S., Roscoe, S. B., Marks, T. J., Lin, W., & Wong, G. K. (1994). Self-assembled chromophoric thin film NLO materials. effect of coupling agent surface functionalization and ion exchange processes on second harmonic generation characteristics. Thin Solid Films, 242(1-2), 142-145.

Khan, M. S., Kakkar, A. K., Ingham, S. L., Raithby, P. R., Lewis, J., Spencer, B., . . . Friend, R. H. (1994). Synthesis and electronic structure of rigid rod octahedral ru-σ-acetylide complexes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 472(1-2), 247-255.

Khan, M. S., Kakkar, A. K., Long, N. J., Lewis, J., Raithby, P., Nguyen, P., . . . Friend, R. H. (1994). Synthesis and optical spectroscopy of linear long-chain di-terminal alkynes and their pt-σ-acetylide polymeric complexes. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 4(8), 1227-1232.

Roscoe, S. B., Yitzchaik, S., Kakkar, A. K., Marks, T. J., Lin, W., & Wong, G. K. (1994). Ion exchange processes and environmental effects in chromophoric self-assembled superlattices. manipulation of microstructure and large enhancements in nonlinear optical response. Langmuir, 10(5), 1337-1339.

Yitzchaik, S., Kakkar, A. K., Roscoe, S. B., Marks, T. J., Lundquist, P. M., Lin, W., & Wong, G. K. (1994). Descriptive chemistry of self-assembled multilayer second-order NLO materials. chemical, microstructural and performance interrelationships. Paper presented at the Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, , 328 27-35.

1993

Atherton, Z., Faulkner, C. W., Ingham, S. L., Kakkar, A. K., Khan, M. S., Lewis, J., . . . Raithby, P. R. (1993). Rigid rod σ-acetylide complexes of iron, ruthenium and osmium. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 462(1-2), 265-270.

Frankcom, T. M., Green, J. C., Nagy, A., Kakkar, A. K., & Marder, T. B. (1993). Electronic structure and photoelectron spectroscopy of d8 rhodium indenyl complexes. Organometallics, 12(9), 3688-3697.

Kakkar, A. K., & Khan, M. S. (1993). Palladium. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 124(1-2), 1-40.

Kakkar, A. K., Yitzchaik, S., Roscoe, S. B., Kubota, F., Allan, D. S., Marks, T. J., . . . Wong, G. K. (1993). Chromophoric self-assembled nonlinear optical multilayer materials. synthesis, properties, and structural interconversions of assemblies with rodlike alkynyl chromophores. Langmuir, 9(2), 388-390.

Yitzchaik, S., Roscoe, S. B., Kakkar, A. K., Allan, D. S., Marks, T. J., Xu, Z., . . . Wong, G. K. (1993). Chromophoric self-assembled NLO multilayer materials. real time observation of monolayer growth and microstructural evolution by in situ second harmonic generation techniques. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 97(27), 6958-6960.

1992

Duer, M. J., Khan, M. S., & Kakkar, A. K. (1992). Solid state multinuclear NMR study of σ-acetylide complexes of platinum, trans-[ClPt(PnBu3)2CCpC6H4CCPt(PnBu3)2Cl] and trans-[pt(PnBu3)2CCpC6H4CC]n. Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 1(1), 13-16.

Kakkar, A. K., Taylor, N. J., Marder, T. B., Shen, J. K., Hallinan, N., & Basolo, F. (1992). Kinetics and mechanism of CO ligand substitution in the ring-substituted indenyl rhodium complexes [(η5-C9RnH7-n)rh(CO)2]. Inorganica Chimica Acta, 198-200(C), 219-231.

Khan, M. S., Davies, S. J., Kakkar, A. K., Schwartz, D., Lin, B., Johnson, B. F. G., & Lewis, J. (1992). Synthesis of monomeric, oligomeric and polymeric σ-acetylide complexes of platinum, palladium, nickel and rhodium. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 424(1), 87-97.

Khan, M. S., Pasha, N. A., Kakkar, A. K., Raithby, P. R., Lewis, J., Fuhrmann, K., & Friend, R. H. (1992). Synthesis and optical spectroscopy of monomeric and polymeric cobalt σ-acetylide complexes. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2(7), 759-760.

Lewis, J., Khan, M. S., Kakkar, A. K., Johnson, B. F. G., Marder, T. B., Fyfe, H. B., . . . Dray, A. E. (1992). Di-, tri-, pseudo-di- and pseudo-tetra-acetylenic polymers of platinum: Synthesis, characterization and optical spectra. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 425(1-2), 165-176.

Lewis, J., Khan, M. S., Kakkar, A. K., Raithby, P. R., Fuhrmann, K., & Friend, R. H. (1992). Synthesis and characterisation of a bulky chelating bis(phosphine) ligand, 1,2-bis(dinbutylphosphino)ethane (DBPE), and its iron metal coordinated complexes, fe(DBPE)2Cl2 and fe(DBPE)2(CCC6H5)2. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 433(1-2), 135-139.

O'Hare, D., Green, J. C., Marder, T., Collins, S., Stringer, G., Kakkar, A. K., . . . Pugh, S. (1992). Synthesis and electronic structure of permethylindenyl complexes of iron and cobalt. Organometallics, 11(1), 48-55.

1991

Johnson, B. F. G., Kakkar, A. K., Khan, M. S., & Lewis, J. (1991). Synthesis of novel rigid rod iron metal containing polyyne polymers. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 409(3), C12-C14.

Johnson, B. F. G., Kakkar, A. K., Khan, M. S., Lewis, J., Dray, A. E., Friend, R. H., & Wittmann, F. (1991). Synthesis and optical spectroscopy of platinum-metal-containing di- and tri-acetylenic polymers. Journal of Materials Chemistry, 1(3), 485-486.

1990

Westcott, S. A., Kakkar, A. K., Stringer, G., Taylor, N. J., & Marder, T. B. (1990). Flexible coordination of indenyl ligands in sandwich complexes of transition metals. molecular structures of [(η-C9R7)2M] (M = fe, R = H, me; M = co, ni, R = H): Direct measurement of the degree of slip-fold distortion as a function of d-electron count. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 394(1-3), 777-794.

1989

Kakkar, A. K., Jones, S. F., Taylor, N. J., Collins, S., & Marder, T. B. (1989). The hapticity of η-indenyl complexes: Molecular structures of [(η5-C9R7)rh(η4-cod)](R = H, me) (cod = cyclo-octa-5-diene). Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (19), 1454-1456.

Kakkar, A. K., Taylor, N. J., Calabrese, J. C., Nugent, W. A., Roe, D. C., Connaway, E. A., & Marder, T. B. (1989). An unusual rotational distortion in an [(η-indenyl)RhL2] complex: Molecular structures of [(η-1,2,3-Me3C9H 4)rh(η-C2H4)2] and [(η-C9H7)rh(CO)2]. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (15), 990-992.

Kakkar, A. K., Taylor, N. J., & Marder, T. B. (1989). Synthesis and structure of the [Rh2(dmpe)4(μ-dmpe)]2+ salt of the naked cyclopentadienyl anion: A comparison of the reactivity of [(η-indenyl)rh(η-C2H4)2] and [(η-C5H5)rh(η-C2H4) 2]. Organometallics, 8(7), 1765-1768.

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